I once sold wares on ebay. It was fun auctioning things I no longer need or have gotten tired of, and have other people bid on them. It’s not exactly the best platform for selling things but hey, we all have to start somewhere.

These days, I’ve been looking at ecommerce softwares that I feel would cater to the specific needs of a typical brick-and-mortar seller, just in case he feels the need or realizes the benefits of having an online presence. I’ve seen how amazon.com grew to be the powerhouse it is today by selling things over the internet.

I’ve been pitching this idea to an aunt who operates a couple of retail shops. I cite barnes and noble as a prime example of a once purely brick-and-mortar company who has seen the light. I dragged her to my computer and made her see how enticing these online stores can be to potential customers. She was mesmerized by the shopping carts and the relative ease of buying things online.

I then showed her the site of what I feel is one of the best shopping cart software providers today– ashopcommerce.com. I guided her to the demo site and that got her really excited. She wanted to see more, so I showed her the site’s pricing and the satisfied customers’ testimonials. To my amusement, she willingly subscribed to ashopcommerce.com’s free trial so she can try it out herself. I can see then that a germ of an idea was already forming in her head.

These days, she is still skeptical of the idea. Although she wants to expand her business, she’s finding it difficult to break with tradition. But I think her resolve is weakening. Having tried out ashopcommerce.com’s software, I wouldn’t be surprised if one of these days she’d pay me a visit and ask me to make her an online store.

It wouldn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out which ecommerce software she’d want to use.